David Winters Is Not Done Fighting Coke

As The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO) management credits Warren Buffett for encouraging them to change position on an executive compensation plan that was construed by the Berkshire Hathaway founder as “excessive,” value fund manager David Winters feels like a hockey goalie that just made a game winning save.

Assertions made by David Winters on Coke's employee compensation program

It was David Winters that consistently brought the fight against the compensation package public. “If management is going to hijack the value of the company investors should be aware,” Winters said in a ValueWalk interview last April.  At issue were assertions made by Winters that Coke’s employee compensation program would...